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Ask HN: What's your most profitable side project?

23 points by jiavascriptr 10y ago

jgritty 10y ago
http://gif-wallet.com http://gif-wallet.com
pigpen34 10y ago
https://www.conalarm.com https://www.conalarm.com - A service for monitoring cron jobs and scheduled tasks.
- jklein11 10y ago
  At first I was confused about the url but then I realized I think you meant https://www.cronalarm.com https://www.cronalarm.com Anyway.. nice idea! Any chance you're willing to share rough MRR?
  - pigpen34 10y ago
    Damn. Yeah, you have the correct url. MRR isn't overly impressive, but I do make some money and it's growing. It's been a lot of fun, honestly.
bbauman 10y ago
http://www.intern.supply/ http://www.intern.supply/
oldmancoyote 10y ago
I've been panning gold for two summers. So far I have about 0.03 oz ($36). I hope to do better.
- hanniabu 10y ago
  This always sounded like fun to me. I wouldn't expect to get rich but seems like a nice reason to get outside and enjoy nature like looking for nice shells on the beach. How do you go about finding prospective sites?
soulchild37 10y ago
http://komuter.pro http://komuter.pro , The first project/product that I started charging money
voipspear 10y ago
voipspear.com - we monitor your VoIP quality and alert you when you have a problem.
rwieruch 10y ago
I have only one and that is my website where I teach JavaScript + ReactJs. I cannot say that it is really profitable, but at least I get a bit out of selling an eBook as pay what you want. But it's nothing compared to the time I invest in it. - https://www.robinwieruch.de/ https://www.robinwieruch.de/
jventura 10y ago
An android app to create astrology charts. It's in the Play Store since Aug 2016 but could only make some 90€ of it.. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flatangle.charts https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flatangle....
- ng-user 10y ago
  Have you thought about a free version with ads?
  - jventura 10y ago
    I thought about that yes, but I dismissed under the assumption that to even reach 90€ of profits in 8 months I would have to reach thousands of users. But then I would have to provide some kind of support for more users, the UX of my app would be crappier because of ads, and I would have worse reviews (currently 4.6 out of 5). More work for the same result.. :/
jwho82 10y ago
https://logmyhours.com https://logmyhours.com - Time tracking and invoicing. My only side project ATM. Doubled the revenue from Jan already. Hoping to go full time next year!
- egfx 10y ago
  How are you marketing, promoting?
  - jwho82 10y ago
    Did a bit of Bing Ads last year (Had much better results than Adwords and Facebook Ads). Nothing really now, mostly just working away at new features and making improvements.
egfx 10y ago
https://www.qkast.com https://www.qkast.com Not profitable yet so use the on-site tip jar and help me out :-)
ud0 10y ago
http://tweet-threader.herokuapp.com/ http://tweet-threader.herokuapp.com/ Not yet profitable though.

23 points by jiavascriptr 10y ago

jgritty 10y ago

http://gif-wallet.com http://gif-wallet.com

pigpen34 10y ago

https://www.conalarm.com https://www.conalarm.com - A service for monitoring cron jobs and scheduled tasks.

jklein11 10y ago
At first I was confused about the url but then I realized I think you meant https://www.cronalarm.com https://www.cronalarm.com Anyway.. nice idea! Any chance you're willing to share rough MRR?
- pigpen34 10y ago
  Damn. Yeah, you have the correct url. MRR isn't overly impressive, but I do make some money and it's growing. It's been a lot of fun, honestly.

bbauman 10y ago

http://www.intern.supply/ http://www.intern.supply/

oldmancoyote 10y ago

I've been panning gold for two summers. So far I have about 0.03 oz ($36). I hope to do better.

hanniabu 10y ago
This always sounded like fun to me. I wouldn't expect to get rich but seems like a nice reason to get outside and enjoy nature like looking for nice shells on the beach. How do you go about finding prospective sites?

soulchild37 10y ago

http://komuter.pro http://komuter.pro , The first project/product that I started charging money

voipspear 10y ago

voipspear.com - we monitor your VoIP quality and alert you when you have a problem.

rwieruch 10y ago

I have only one and that is my website where I teach JavaScript + ReactJs. I cannot say that it is really profitable, but at least I get a bit out of selling an eBook as pay what you want. But it's nothing compared to the time I invest in it. - https://www.robinwieruch.de/ https://www.robinwieruch.de/

jventura 10y ago

An android app to create astrology charts. It's in the Play Store since Aug 2016 but could only make some 90€ of it.. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flatangle.charts https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flatangle....

ng-user 10y ago
Have you thought about a free version with ads?
- jventura 10y ago
  I thought about that yes, but I dismissed under the assumption that to even reach 90€ of profits in 8 months I would have to reach thousands of users. But then I would have to provide some kind of support for more users, the UX of my app would be crappier because of ads, and I would have worse reviews (currently 4.6 out of 5). More work for the same result.. :/

jwho82 10y ago

https://logmyhours.com https://logmyhours.com - Time tracking and invoicing. My only side project ATM. Doubled the revenue from Jan already. Hoping to go full time next year!

egfx 10y ago
How are you marketing, promoting?
- jwho82 10y ago
  Did a bit of Bing Ads last year (Had much better results than Adwords and Facebook Ads). Nothing really now, mostly just working away at new features and making improvements.

egfx 10y ago

https://www.qkast.com https://www.qkast.com Not profitable yet so use the on-site tip jar and help me out :-)

ud0 10y ago

http://tweet-threader.herokuapp.com/ http://tweet-threader.herokuapp.com/ Not yet profitable though.